Coastal Celebration

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M/V Coastal Celebration
Shipbuilder:	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany
Launched:	December 14, 2007
Delivered:	May 9, 2008
Status:	Enroute to B.C. Docked at Cristóbal, Panama on May 30, 2008
General characteristics
Displacement:	21,980 tonnes
Length:	160 metres
Beam:	28.2 metres
Draft:	5.75 metres
Propulsion:	Unknown
Speed:	21 knots
Passengers:	1,650
Car capacity:	370

M/V Coastal Celebration is the third and final Coastal Class ship to be delivered to BC Ferries. Amenities include a Coast Cafe, Coast Cafe Express, Passages gift shop, SeaWest Lounge, Kid Zone play areas, arcade, business work stations, a conference room, and staterooms. Unlike her sister ships, Coastal Renaissance and Coastal Inspiration, the Coastal Celebration is equipped with a Pacific Buffet for service on the Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen route. The buffet is in place of the Sitka Coffee Place, at one end of deck 6.

The Coastal Celebration has completed major construction, and is now enroute to BC. The vessel made a promotional stop in London, England on May 12, 2008. She transited the Panama Canal on June 1.

[edit] External links

• Shipbuilder's Specifications of Coastal Celebration
• BC Ferries Newbuild Program
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[edit] References

• BC Ferries Press Release, September 17, 2004
• BC Ferries Press Release (vessel names), May 11, 2006
• BC Ferries Press Release (construction begins), August 29, 2006
• BC Ferries Press Release (promotional stop in London), May 12, 2008

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